The Plasma Membrane: A Happening Place! wil be the topic of the President's Symposium coordinated by ASPB President Dan Bush July 30. Ralph Quatrano, Editor-in-Chief of The Plant Cell, the most frequently cited plant science journal, is coordinating a major symposium on New Advances & Insights in Plant Biology July 26.

Following is further information on all five major symposia at the annual meeting:

Saturday, July 26, 9:10 - 11:40 am
The Plant Cell Editors' Symposium:
New Advances & Insights in Plant Biology
Organizer: Ralph Quatrano
Speakers:
June Nasrallah: "Recognition and Rejection of Self Pollen in Crucifers"
Kathryn Barton: "Leaf Polarity and Meristem Formation in Arabidopsis"
Robert Fischer: "Imprinting: at the Intersection of DNA Repair and Gene Transcription"

Sunday, July 27, 8:30 - 11:40 am
Adapting to a Dynamic Environment
Co-sponsored by Plant, Cell & Environment
Organizer / Presentation : Kris Niyogi : "Acclimation to light and reactive oxygen"
Speakers:
Kazuo Shinozaki : "Gene networks involved in abiotic stress responses"
Elizabeth Vierling : "Molecular and genetic analysis of thermotolerance"
Johanna Schmitt : "The adaptive evolution of photomorphogenesis in natural plant populations"

Monday, July 28, 8:30 - 11:40 am
Hormone Crosstalk
Organizer/Presentation: Joseph Kieber: "Cytokinin signaling and its interactions with ethylene and light"
Speakers & Presentations:
Joanne Chory : "Light, brassinosteroids, and Arabidopsis development"
Peter McCourt : "Crosstalk between development and hormones: Is it meaningful or just gossip?"
Ottoline Leyser : "The Hormonal Control of Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis"

Tuesday, July 29, 8:30 - 11:40 am
Evolution of Plant Development
Organizer: Neelima Sinha
Speakers: Elizabeth Kellogg,
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Contact: Brian Hyps
bhyps@aspb.org
301-251-0560
American Society of Plant Biologists
24-Jun-2003

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